Curtain-pole bracket



(No Model.)

W. S. POWELL. CURTAIN POLE BRACKET.

No. 596,417. Patented Dec. 28, 1897.

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WILLIAM S. POWELL, OF JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

CURTAIN-POLE BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 596,417, dated December 28, 1897.

Application filed February 8,1897. Serial No. 622,442. (No moilel.)

To all whom it may concern/.

Be it known that LWILLIAM S. POWELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at J ohnstown, in the county of Cambria and State of V Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Pole Brackets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in curtain-pole brackets; and the object of the same is to provide a bracket for supportinga curtain-pole by reason of the peculiar form of which the curtain-pole may be lifted from engagement with the same and lowered for the purpose of removing the curtain and be positioned again for use by aperson standing upon the floor without the use of a step-ladder.

The invention consists in the novel details of construction hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my bracket attached to the window-frame, dotted lines showing the position of the pole and swinging bail when the pole is elevated preparatory to the lowering of the same. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the pole resting upon the bails as the same is being lowered. Fig. 3 is a side elevationshowing the pole in the act of raising the bails to enter the sockets of the brackets.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates my brackets, which are positioned upon the upper end of the frame of the Window, one at each end ofthe pole, and these brackets are formed of a single piece of metal doubled or bent laterally to form the pole-receiving portions or sockets 2.

The upper ends of these brackets are bent backward to form the securing-arms 3, by means of which they are attached to the frame. The opposite ends of the brackets are inclined downward from the bend 4 to the straight portion 5, where they are secured to the window-frame.

Pivoted to the brackets in the straight portions 6 and just above the pole-receiving sockets or hooks 2 are the swinging bails or fingers 7 which are adapted to rest upon the bends 4 at their lower ends and project slightly thereover.

The upper ends of the brackets are provided witheyes 8, through which ropes 9 pass, and are secured at one end to the pole 10, their opposite ends extending down within convenientreach.

As illustrated in Fig. 1 in solid lines, the curtain-pole rests in the sockets 2, with the bails resting upon the bends 4. When it is desired to lower the curtain-pole for any purpose, the cords 9 are drawn upon, which raises the pole 10 and lifts the bails, as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. WVhen the pole has been elevated so as to disengage the bails, the latter swing downward to their normal position and the pole is lowered, the inclined bails serving to prevent the same from entering its sockets and at the same time permitting its downward movement.

WVhen it is desired to replace the pole, it is elevated and moves up the inclined portions of the bracket until it engages the extended ends of the bails, when the said bails will be lifted and the pole permitted to enter its sockets.

It will be understoodthat the brackets may be made of wood with thepole-receiving portions formed therein and the curved or inclined lower end without departing from the spirit of my invention.

If desired,pulleys may be used in the upper ends of the brackets, around which the cords 9 may pass, and the raising and lowering facilitated. The ropes 9 are provided with the sliding buttons or balls 11, which regulate the distance the curtain-pole may be lowered and which hold the pole in its lowered position. These buttons are positioned upon the ropes the desired distance and the ropes are knotted beneath the same, as illustrated at 12, thus holding the buttons at any point on the ropes. This, as will be understood, limits the downward movement of the pole and holds it in its lowered position, the buttons engag ing the upper ends of the brackets.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. A bracket comprisin g a body portion having a socket opening upwardly and formed above said socket with a bend, and an eye above said bend with the end portions of the bracket extended in substantially parallel inclined planes terminating in vertical attaching portions, a movable finger mounted in said bend to'the rear of the socket with its free front end adapted to rest upon the outer edge of the socket, with the finger extending in an inclined position and adapted to be thrown upward by the vertical movement of the pole in engagement with its under face, substantially as described.

2. A bracket comprising a body portion having a socket opening upwardly and formed above said socket with a bend, and an eye above said bend with the end portions of the bracket extended in substantially parallel inclined planes terminating in vertical attach ing portions,.a movable finger mounted in said bend to the rear of the socket with its free front end adapted to rest upon the outer edge of the socket, with the finger extending in an inclined position and adapted to be thrown upward by the vertical movement of the pole in engagement with its under face, and a cord passed through the eye of said bracket adapted to be connected with the pole, substantially as described.

3. The improvement herein described, formed of a single piece of material, bent upon itself to form a socket open upon its upper face, with a vertical portion at the rear of the socket formed at its upper end with an eye and between its ends with a bend, with the opposite ends of the metal forming the bracket extending in substantially parallel inclined planes and terminating in Vertical attaching portions in the same vertical planes, combined with a finger pivotally mounted in the bend of said vertical portion and adapted to extend in an inclined position and rest upon the outer upper edgeof said socket,all substantially as herein shown and described.

4. The combination with two brackets, each of which is provided with an upwardly-opening socket upon its front side, an approximately upright face extending upwardly from the rear side of said socket, a rearwardly-inclined face extending from the outer and upper end of said socket, an eye at the upper end of said bracket, and a pivoted finger secured to said bracket above and in the rear of said socket, said finger being of sufficient length to extend beyond the socket when its outer free end rests upon the outer end of the socket, of a pole adapted to rest in said socket, and cords or strands connected with said bolt and extending upwardly and through said eyes and downwardly, for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM S. POWELL.

Witnesses:

SoLoMoN H. CAUFFIEL, DAVID POWELL. 

